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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
Dec 08, 2020 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)
This poem is part of the contest:

Scrooge Contest 🏆 Winner

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Big Red Plastic Light-Up Santa (December Contest)

He stands across the room
A backlit twinkle in his eyes,
with a glow in his cheeks of polyethylene

Memories rushing forward
of dearest family and friends
Most are still here with me
but too many have departed

The specter of Christmas Past visits,
trying to haunt my thoughts
Despite the spirit’s best efforts
and winter so grey and unrelenting
I am not saddened by their absence

The company of Light-Up Santa
assures that I will still feel
those I’ve lost again
like toes warmed by the fire

Their good memories are permanent
like the smile on the face
of my red plastic Santa

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
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Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Haiku & Harvey Kurtzman (a visual poet, of sorts)

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scribbler

4 years 6 months ago

Greetings

A well thought out poem of how decorations can send our memories on a journey

Viviana Smith

Viviana Smith

4 years 6 months ago

LOVE THIS!!!

This is awesome! This is how I feel each holiday! You captured the feeling perfectly.
Keep up the good work!

Gracy

Gracy

4 years 5 months ago

Wonderful poem for the

Wonderful poem for the Christmas holidays. Congratulations, a well deserved win!
I like the mix of sad and lovely memories. I always have that feeling. Can't help remembering lost loved ones. Toes warmed by the fire is appealing, I remember sitting by the glowing embers when I was a child.
Hope you have a good 2021, keep safe, not sorry! Gracy

Michael Anthony

Michael Anthony

4 years 5 months ago

Thank you Gracy! I wrote this

Thank you Gracy! I wrote this while looking at my very own light-up Santa, and thinking of how it reminded me of so many Christmases past. This was one of the easier pieces to write since the memories came flooding back.

Best
Mike